Elif Bet
A PLAY READING SERIES
Every month,
The Elif Collective invites our community members to gather in a cozy space in NYC and hear an early draft of a new play.
The letters "Elif" and "Bet" begin the Semitic alphabets. They are the first two building blocks for dozens of languages. The Elif Bet Play Reading Series celebrates beginnings and makes the audience a building block from the very first draft.
​The evening begins and ends with a gathering. It's an opportunity for artists in our community to get to know one another. In the middle, actors from our community will read the play draft for the first time. Time allowing, the playwright holds a brief talkback after the reading.
Elif Bet is a house-warming party with a play reading dropped in the middle.
"Bet" means house—and that's where you are, at home with us. We serve snacks, dance, and meet with new friends and old.
What better way to warm a house than with a story?
While Elif Bet is a community space for NYC theater artists, it's open to the general public! Join us this month to share in our community.
Upcoming Readings
Sunday, July 28, 6PM
The Z.U.M.
by Jaden Alvaro Gines
Following a financial emergency back at home, Ash - a genderqueer 18 year old with an affinity for makeup, is sleeping in their car and starting work at a random ZUMIEZ in the middle of nowhere, working class suburbia. When they find out the store is in danger of closing, they hatch a plan with Ez, the store's assistant manager, to throw a rave and pay off the store's debt...
Past Readings
